Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-01

psrt. eouesDtratinR al the trade with
ne tneeEieE, threugh FFessr Fivsr. and
o. Rfnhiotflng Amerieau competlliou
a1d . l1.sprise within the British terri
tory. OF even date nth his dispatch %
ne British Secretary q State for the
Colo1ies Nay eth, 1881. When thoa
s@noes mestiy Americans, we're eonQre-
Ga'ed Is FletoEta and 81 various points
% P1Ret coand, wais ina for means Of
nngportat1on 20 Ffaser river. Governor
Uo1gias issued q pr0cl amaiion deeiaFinG
an embargo Of said river, exoe1t 10 yes
sels and boats Of the Hu .s0u By Com
p4Ey. Witeouf Q suderanue frst obtained
form the Cnstom House ct YScseria
Conditions we're imposed shat the
sgner Uas TO receive goods oniy Of the
H1dson Bay Company, and that no
aRmR ammunition oR utensils Of var
sAe1id De carried up the river except
from the United Kingdom. No passen-
Rsre to Be transported, exceps those
who bad q license and parmis from
the Government Of YaEcouver Isl
and. An emtire prohibition Of
trade with the natives. After fsur
teen DAYS from dste. the violation
Of the said proclamation Subjected the
proclamation asserted the sole right Of
she Hudsos's Bay Company to trade
with the Indians in the British posses
sions on the northwest coast Of America,
20 the exclusion Of all other persons,
Ehether British or foreign.
To enforce this proclamation Cover
nor Ds1glas called int rsgaisition II.
u. ship Satellite, Captain James B. Pro-
vost, h. N, who for several weeks main
tanned O strict blockade Of the river.
Three hundred and four permits we're
issued. A number OF small crafts we're
seizsd, together With several small car
goes Of merchandise.
In announcing these acts 10 ths Brit
ish Government May -. 1889 Cover
nor Douglas thus justified his course:
In the meantime. With the view Of &C.
sapinR the greater evil Of compelling
people 10 have recourse to expedients for
sntering the country BY unlawful
means, am striving 80 leRalizs the en-
trance Of gold miners into Fraser river
On certain conditions, which at once
assert the rights of the Grown,
protect the interests Of the Hudson Bay
Company, ana are intended 10 draW
the whole trade of the gold district
through Fraser river, 10 this colony,
which will procure its supplies directly
from the mother country With thOse
views proposed an ARRANGEMENT on the
following terms to the agents Of the
Uuited States PscifiJ Mail Steamship
Company:
Il. That they should place ths neces-
sary steamers on the river, bet we0n the
mouth and the falls.
-. That they should carry the Hnd
son By Oompany's freight. and suoh
- they permitted TO be shipped into
Frazer river, aud no other.
80. That they carry no passengers
except snch IS have secured Q permit
and mining lioesss from the Govern
ment OF Vancouver Island.
That they pay to the Hudson Bay
Company, As comps nsatien, ct the Tets
Of 81 head money for each pass rReE
carried into or upon Fraser River"
The maximum charges for freight
from Victoria to the mines were also
regulated by this agreement
He concludes the dispatch: "Phe OBJ
ieot Of all these measures is to gain =
eilitiss TO miners. aud to seoaie the
trade of the gold regions for our owl
country, as it will other wise take the
direction Of the Columbia river into
American Oregon"
EXTENT OF TEX ExoTTEMKNT JULY l. 1858
An idea Of the development OF the
Excitement" 10 admirably presented
in letter OF Governor Douglas to the
Home Government early in July, 1858
From that document We learn that from
May 18Th TO July lst, the records Of the
Victoria Custom House exhibited Ar
rivals at that point of 10 eamships,
sailing ships. II decked vessels, with
6133 passengers re orted. And IL may
safely be added thst large mum.
eers came as passengers whose names
found no place on those reported
lists. And 10 this the feet ARRIVING al
PoRet Sound ports. probably quite AZ
numerous, landing their living cargoes a.
Whai com, Port Townsend, Seattle, steil
accom- and Olympia; nor must We for
get the overland gold seekers iOorneyipe
thitheF from Oregon and Washington,
by ell the mountain roHtes, and aPpro-
priatinR that great natural channel OF
Communication, the Cllunbis river
There was alse a vast exodus from Gao
ada, Minnesota and the Lake States.
Every part Of the globe contributed its
quota TO this remarkable stampede.